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Arab World Morocco: Three Pro-ISIS Members Arrested 

Morocco: Three Pro-ISIS Members Arrested 

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled on Monday a three-member ISIS cell operating in the cities of Errachidia and Tinghir in…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Rabat Plans to Sell 8% of its Stake in Maroc Telecom

Rabat Plans to Sell 8% of its Stake in Maroc Telecom

Morocco’s Maroc Telecom (IAM) said Friday that the government plans to sell almost eight percent stake in the company. This comes in a deal which is expected…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Morocco Launches Investigation Into Iron Market Glut

Morocco Launches Investigation Into Iron Market Glut

The Moroccan Ministry of Industry, Investment, Trade, and Digital Economy has launched an investigation into a glut of iron and steel sheets in the market. The…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Moroccan Overseas Investments Fall 37% in 2018

Moroccan Overseas Investments Fall 37% in 2018

The net inflow of Moroccan overseas investments declined 37 percent in 2018 to $658 million, following a strong 74 percent rise in 2017, which stood at $1.04…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Arab World Resignation of UN Envoy for Western Sahara Returns Negotiations to Starting Point

Resignation of UN Envoy for Western Sahara Returns Negotiations to Starting Point

The abrupt resignation of UN envoy for Western Sahara Horst Koehler has affected the negations among parties of the Western Sahara conflict to reach a…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business International Consortium Wins Morocco’s ‘Noor Midelt 1’ Solar Deal

International Consortium Wins Morocco’s ‘Noor Midelt 1’ Solar Deal

A consortium led by French EDF Renewables won a tender to build an 800 megawatt solar plant near the Moroccan city of Midelt. The consortium to build the…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Moroccan Airports Receive 5.6m Passengers in Q1 2019

Moroccan Airports Receive 5.6m Passengers in Q1 2019

The number of passengers traveling through Moroccan airports reached 5.6 million in the first quarter of 2019, up 9.66 percent year on year, compared to 5.1…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Arab World Moroccan King Revives Jewish Representative Communities

Moroccan King Revives Jewish Representative Communities

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI decided this week to revive local representatives of Morocco’s Jewish communities and he ordered the Interior Ministry to plan…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)